WNBA 2024 WNBA Season Thread

[GKJ]

The Sun-Fever game.

Oh damn, that's a huge number

 

[LightningStorm]

Caitlin Clark won Rookie of the Year. No surprise.

For the people claiming Clark vs Reese is the next Johnson/Bird rivalry, the contrivance of it is actually easiest to describe in hockey terms, specifically using Crosby. Johnson/Bird is like Crosby/Ovechkin, a legendary player rivalry between 2 legendary all time greats. Clark/Reese is like Crosby/Toews, a contrived rivalry from the media between 2 players where one is clear cut better than the other.

 

[GKJ]

Road teams went 0-8, so the semifinals start Sunday. Now is a best of 5

Las Vegas vs. New York (last years final)
Connecticut vs. Minnesota.

 

[GKJ]

Finally have an even series. Connecticut beat Minnesota in Game 1, the first road team to win a game, Minnesota wins Game 2.

Liberty can close out the Aces with a Game 3 win on Friday

 

[John Price]

Clark crowned as top rookie after historic year

Fever star Caitlin Clark was chosen as WNBA Rookie of the Year after setting multiple league records in her debut season.

www.espn.com

 

[John Price]

Liberty, 'best team all year,' make WNBA finals

Sabrina Ionescu rebounded from a rare off game to score 22 points, and nearly a year after the Aces ended the Liberty's dream of a championship, New York returned the favor Sunday afternoon by defeating Las Vegas 76-62 to advance to the WNBA Finals.

www.espn.com

 

[GKJ]

Minnesota wins game 5 over Connecticut. WNBA finals are set. Only 2 teams that won 30 games.

Games are Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday

 

[GKJ]

Minnesota with a complete robbery of Game 1. They erased an 18-point deficit to get an OT win. That included hitting a 4-point play with 5 seconds left in regulation

 

[John Price]

 

[im gangster]

Anyone watching The Finals? Laney-Hamilton just hit a sick fadeaway after a couple hard changes of direction to lose a bunch of defenders.

 

[GKJ]

Anyone watching The Finals? Laney-Hamilton just hit a sick fadeaway after a couple hard changes of direction to lose a bunch of defenders.

Series tied 1-1. I was going to check in more, but Liberty kinda had a big lead

 

[im gangster]

Series tied 1-1. I was going to check in more, but Liberty kinda had a big lead

Minny got it to within 2 in the last couple min before the Libs(lol) put it away with a closeout 7-0 run before I called it. Hope Wednesday keeps bringing it.

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow. Sabrina Ionescu goes full Steph Curry on the game winning shot.

 

[GKJ]

Sabrina Ionescu stone cold killer.

Liberty with the biggest comeback in finals history, can win the championship on Friday.

 

[GKJ]

Also I want her shoes

 

[Jack Straw]

Also I want her shoes

I wish he had used a different word; "let it fly", "fire away", "shoot it"... plenty of good choices there. I mean, it's been a long time since I was in college but still, when I think of someone "heaving", shooting a basketball is not what comes to mind.

 

[GKJ]

That said, it’s behind 15 other regular season games and the All-Star Game

 

[John Price]

Sky star Reese: 'The WNBA don't pay my bills'

Sky forward Angel Reese says her $73,439 annual salary from the WNBA is just a small portion of her income.

www.espn.com

interesting so many players take second jobs in the off-season

 

[EpochLink]

Sky star Reese: 'The WNBA don't pay my bills'

Sky forward Angel Reese says her $73,439 annual salary from the WNBA is just a small portion of her income.

www.espn.com

interesting so many players take second jobs in the off-season

Sorta like the players in the NFL in the 1970's and 80's